Speare
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Speare is a surname, a variant form of Spear also deriving from Middle and Old English spere ("spear"), variously intending a spearman, a spearmaker, or a person considered tall and thin in a manner reminiscent of a spear.[1]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Elizabeth George Speare (1908–1994), American children's author
- Frank Palmer Speare (1869–1954), the first president of Northeastern University
- Jamie Speare (born 1976), English footballer playing as a goalkeeper
- Paul Speare (born 1955), former member of Dexys Midnight Runners, The TKO Horns and The Expresso Bongo Orchestra
- Sally Speare Lutyens (1927–2005), composer, author, and librettist
- William Collins Speare (1915-1999), Canadian politician
